Years of service 1831-1882 Battles and wars Crimean War Battles/wars Crimean War Service/branch Royal Navy | Name Charles Hillyar Rank Admiral Awards Order of the Bath Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held HMS Gladiator
HMS Queen
HMS Octavia
East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station
Pacific Station
China Station Died December 14, 1888, Torpoint, United Kingdom | ||
Admiral Sir Charles Farrell Hillyar KCB (1817 – 14 December 1888) was a Royal Navy admiral who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.
Naval career
Born the son of Admiral Sir James Hillyar, Charles Hillyar joined the Royal Navy in 1831. Promoted to Captain in 1852, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He commanded HMS Queen from 1859 and HMS Octavia from 1865.
Hillyar became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Cape of Good Hope in 1865, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1872 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1877. He retired in 1882.
Hillyar lived at Torre House at Torpoint in Cornwall.
References
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